'Building procurement' has become a fashionable subject. It seems that hardly a week goes by without my receiving a note that a student is writing a dissertation on an apparently new angle to the subject or that a course, conference, seminar or whatever is offering to explain the challenge of con struction procurement now and in the future. Consultancies and contractors who should know bet…
An essential question to ask before embarking on any exercise or enterprise beyond that of the transitory or trivial is 'Why?' An exercise, that is a set of movements, tasks and so on designed to train, improve or test abilities may perhaps be transitory or trivial especially to those not involved. But an enterprise, that is a project or undertaking especially one requiring boldness or eff…
The relationship between businesses and Apple has always been a complex one, par- tially due to Microsoft’s traditional death-grip on the corporate market, and Apple’s sometimes ambivalent attitude toward corporate users. iOS has done a lot to change this, as it brought many new Apple users in through the mobile back door. The reality is that iOS is something to be taken seriously by corpor…
China Bound is a guidebook for American students, teachers, and researchers who plan to live and work in China. Its purpose is to help make the experience there as rich and rewarding as possible. The book introduces some of the available research and teaching opportunities and study programs. It explains the structure of China's academic institutions and relates the experiences of other America…
(The material in this section is repeated verbatim from the fi rst and second editions of this handbook. Mr. Roger Sant who was then director of the Energy Productivity Center of the Carnegie-Mellon Institute of Research in Arlington, VA, wrote this section for the fi rst edition. It was unchanged for the second edition. Now, the fourth edition is being printed. The principles developed …